This exercise focuses on
the wrist flexor muscles.
Wrist curls are isolation exercises for the forearms, specifically targeting
the wrist flexor muscles.
Not exact matches
Your forearms are a complex group of
muscles composed of
wrist extensors,
wrist flexors and the brachioradialis
muscles, that rarely gets the attention it deserves.
The forearm is made up of 20 different
muscles, of which the
flexors and the extensors are of key importance since they regulate the movement of the
wrist, fingers and thumb.
Elbow and arm stretching exercises are usually most important when rehabilitating an elbow or
wrist injury and include
wrist flexors,
wrist extensors, tennis elbow stretch and triceps
muscle.
On the top side, the
flexor muscles work to flex (contract) your
wrist upwards, while the extensor
muscles extend your
muscles back to move your
wrist into a straight position.
These tendons are part of the forearm /
wrist / finger
flexor muscle group.
However, drawing has always been characterised by its sense of immediacy and its physicality, emanating from the deltoid and trapezius
muscles in the shoulder and back, streaming down to the
flexor digitorium
muscles near the
wrist.